1 // Copyright 2013 the V8 project authors. All rights reserved.
2 // Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
3 // found in the LICENSE file.
4 
5 #ifndef V8_BASE_UTILS_RANDOM_NUMBER_GENERATOR_H_
6 #define V8_BASE_UTILS_RANDOM_NUMBER_GENERATOR_H_
7 
8 #include "src/base/macros.h"
9 
10 namespace v8 {
11 namespace base {
12 
13 // -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
14 // RandomNumberGenerator
15 //
16 // This class is used to generate a stream of pseudorandom numbers. The class
17 // uses a 48-bit seed, which is modified using a linear congruential formula.
18 // (See Donald Knuth, The Art of Computer Programming, Volume 3, Section 3.2.1.)
19 // If two instances of RandomNumberGenerator are created with the same seed, and
20 // the same sequence of method calls is made for each, they will generate and
21 // return identical sequences of numbers.
22 // This class uses (probably) weak entropy by default, but it's sufficient,
23 // because it is the responsibility of the embedder to install an entropy source
24 // using v8::V8::SetEntropySource(), which provides reasonable entropy, see:
25 // https://code.google.com/p/v8/issues/detail?id=2905
26 // This class is neither reentrant nor threadsafe.
27 
28 class RandomNumberGenerator FINAL {
29  public:
30   // EntropySource is used as a callback function when V8 needs a source of
31   // entropy.
32   typedef bool (*EntropySource)(unsigned char* buffer, size_t buflen);
33   static void SetEntropySource(EntropySource entropy_source);
34 
35   RandomNumberGenerator();
RandomNumberGenerator(int64_t seed)36   explicit RandomNumberGenerator(int64_t seed) { SetSeed(seed); }
37 
38   // Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value from this
39   // random number generator's sequence. The general contract of |NextInt()| is
40   // that one int value is pseudorandomly generated and returned.
41   // All 2^32 possible integer values are produced with (approximately) equal
42   // probability.
NextInt()43   V8_INLINE int NextInt() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
44     return Next(32);
45   }
46 
47   // Returns a pseudorandom, uniformly distributed int value between 0
48   // (inclusive) and the specified max value (exclusive), drawn from this random
49   // number generator's sequence. The general contract of |NextInt(int)| is that
50   // one int value in the specified range is pseudorandomly generated and
51   // returned. All max possible int values are produced with (approximately)
52   // equal probability.
53   int NextInt(int max) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
54 
55   // Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed boolean value from
56   // this random number generator's sequence. The general contract of
57   // |NextBoolean()| is that one boolean value is pseudorandomly generated and
58   // returned. The values true and false are produced with (approximately) equal
59   // probability.
NextBool()60   V8_INLINE bool NextBool() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT {
61     return Next(1) != 0;
62   }
63 
64   // Returns the next pseudorandom, uniformly distributed double value between
65   // 0.0 and 1.0 from this random number generator's sequence.
66   // The general contract of |NextDouble()| is that one double value, chosen
67   // (approximately) uniformly from the range 0.0 (inclusive) to 1.0
68   // (exclusive), is pseudorandomly generated and returned.
69   double NextDouble() WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
70 
71   // Fills the elements of a specified array of bytes with random numbers.
72   void NextBytes(void* buffer, size_t buflen);
73 
74   // Override the current ssed.
75   void SetSeed(int64_t seed);
76 
initial_seed()77   int64_t initial_seed() const { return initial_seed_; }
78 
79  private:
80   static const int64_t kMultiplier = V8_2PART_UINT64_C(0x5, deece66d);
81   static const int64_t kAddend = 0xb;
82   static const int64_t kMask = V8_2PART_UINT64_C(0xffff, ffffffff);
83 
84   int Next(int bits) WARN_UNUSED_RESULT;
85 
86   int64_t initial_seed_;
87   int64_t seed_;
88 };
89 
90 } }  // namespace v8::base
91 
92 #endif  // V8_BASE_UTILS_RANDOM_NUMBER_GENERATOR_H_
93